Drought can have significant environmental, economic and social consequences, like death of livestock, reduced crop yields, wildfires and social unrest. But it can have some benefits also, at least for a carwash businessman. In Queensland, a strip club owner is making an "honest dollar" by opening a nude car wash that uses recycled water in a drought-stricken region.

According to local media reports, the operation is an outcome of a ban imposed by the state government that bars residents from washing their own cars to avoid unnecessary wastage of precious water.

Eighties pop star and former topless model Samantha Fox won't be getting the royal treatment in Serbia. The former pin-up blonde was to have a statue put in place in the city of Cacak in Russia in her honor, but the plans have been scrapped after she failed to sell-out a concert in the city, prompting her backers to pull out.

Apparently, the half-full crowd was more eager in Fox exposing her breasts than actually hearing her sing. What's more, the British singer snubbed fans and then failed to turn up for a ministerial dinner staged in her honor after a concert.

For all those who want to try out something new on this Valentine's Day and have a penchant for adventure, a Web site is offering a date with a convict.

The website, www.hotprisonpals.com is now offering to hook you up with prisoners, some of whom are up for release in the near future and could potentially become that special someone in your life.

In a move to preserve the tranquility of the sandy beaches in France's capital Paris, the City hall has issued a decree banning 'indecent clothing'.

Under the decree, sunbathers will not be allowed to go nude or topless on the beaches and if they are caught in topless or nude condition then they will be fined.

After thirty Scandinavian women went topless on an Albanian beach resort, the Albanian police were left speechless.

A local newspaper in the town of Sarande said, "Police only watched ... they could not approach the tourists because they spoke no English."